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				<h1>What's New in Se&ntilde;or Staff</h1>
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			<h3>Version 0.8.2</h3>
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						<h3>MusicXML export</h3>
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						Songs may now be exported to <a href="http://www.recordare.com/xml.html">MusicXML</a>.
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						<h3>Bug fixes</h3>
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed exporting compound time signatures to LilyPond.</p>
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			<h3>Version 0.8.1</h3>
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						<h3>Experimental MIDI file import</h3>
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						MIDI files can now be imported.  This feature is still experimental - please report any bugs that may occur.
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						<h3>LilyPond file export</h3>
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						Songs can now be exported to <a href="http://www.lilypond.org/">LilyPond</a> files.  LilyPond provides an advanced system for printing scores.
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						<h3>Bug fixes</h3>
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed a ligature drawing bug where sixteenth notes ligatures wouldn't show up correctly before a following eighth note.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Removed a performance bottleneck in cases where a measure had a large number of notes.</p>
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			<h3>Version 0.8</h3>
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						<h3>Editable drum kits</h3>
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						Each drum staff can now have its own drum kit.  Clicking the "Edit" button to the left of a drum staff will allow you to add any drums from the General MIDI spec, and reorder them any way you like.
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						<h3>Real-time command help</h3>
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						Move your mouse over any part of your score, and the real-time command help window will show you what commands are available.
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Notes were being played an octave too low; they're now played at the appropriate pitch.  Old save files will maintain their pitch and appear lower on the staff.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Selection of external MIDI devices from the MIDI menu is now functional.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Transposition of notes with accidentals when changing key signatures has been improved.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Dragging a tied note to change its pitch now breaks ties with other notes when appropriate.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Chords can now be dragged up and down in the same way as single notes.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed some ligature drawing bugs.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed a bug where notes in a chord were not responsive to key commands when Option was held down.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Measure boundaries are now properly recalculated after adding or removing a dot to an existing note.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed some UI element drawing bugs.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Performance has been improved.</p>
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			<h3>Version 0.7.5</h3>
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						<h3>New staff controls</h3>
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Each staff in your song now has a name, editable via the text box to its left.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> A staff can now be transposed up or down by up to 3 measures by setting the number of half-steps in the transposition control.</p>
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						<h3>MIDI export</h3>
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						Any song can now be exported to a MIDI file using the "Export As..." command in the File menu.  <b>Due to a bug in Apple's CoreMidi library, MIDI export does not yet work on Intel Macs.  To export to MIDI on an Intel Mac, quit Se&ntilde;or Staff, <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303120">force it to run with Rosetta</a>, and do the export.</b>
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						<h3>Audible note placement feedback</h3>
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						The note you're about to place (or the chord it will create) is now sounded as you move your mouse.  This can be turned off in the Preferences dialog.
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						<h3>"Play selected" button</h3>
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						Clicking the "Play selected" button will play only the notes you have selected.
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						<h3>Automatic transposition</h3>
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						When changing the key signature of a measure, you can now choose to transpose all affected measures accordingly.  (This feature is experimental, and may not correctly transpose notes with accidentals.)
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						<h3>New keyboard shortcuts</h3>
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						Pressing "A"-"G" will place the appropriate note at the mouse cursor.  (The shortcuts for accidentals have been moved to the right side of the keyboard to free up the "A" key.)
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						<h3>Zoom slider</h3>
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						You can use the new slider in the lower-right corner of the window to zoom in and out, in case you need to see more of your song at a glance.
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						<h3>Bug fixes</h3>
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed a bug where the "paste" command would not respond under certain circumstances.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed a bug where after loading a file from disk, undo and save would not work.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Eliminated unpredictable behavior after selecting multiple notes and deleting them.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Notes now line up correctly when parallel measures have different key signatures.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Changing a staff to a drum staff when it has notes it can't translate no longer hoses the app.</p>
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			<h3>Version 0.7.1</h3>
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						<h3>Note selection</h3>
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0">Double-clicking in a measure now selects all notes in that measure.  Holding SHIFT while double-clicking will select all notes in the measure, plus any notes between the measure and the notes that were previously selected.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0">When multiple notes are selected, a colored background is placed behind them to make it easier to see.</p>
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed a bug where loading a saved song containing chords would cause undesired behavior.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> MIDI channel selectors for each staff are now correctly re-initialized when loading a saved song.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Further improved redraw performance.</p>
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						<h3>Compound time signatures</h3>
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						<p>Se&ntilde;or Staff now supports compound time signatures, which alternate between two time signatures from measure to measure.</p>
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						<h3>Better drawing of short notes</h3>
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						<p>Where possible, consecutive eighth notes (and shorter) are connected by the appropriate beams.</p>
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						<h3>Help system</h3>
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						<p>Documentation has been added under the "Se&ntilde;or Staff Help" menu item.</p>
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						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed some issues with the playback head, particularly with regards to repeating measures.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Improved redraw performance.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Fixed some note spacing issues.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> Deletion of key signatures now works.</p>
						<p><img src="../gfx/orngbullet.gif" alt="bullet" height="8" width="8" border="0"> C major key signature is displayed with naturals when it comes after another key signature - previously it was invisible.</p>
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